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Slomo had a go at inner city voters today.
Good.
The more people he offends, the less chance he's got of getting back.
Good.
The more people he offends, the less chance he's got of getting back.
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He is probably wanting the inner City Elites to keep voting Labor, that way the low and middle income majority will tend toward Liberal, as they did last election.
The more the silver spoon, Tesla driving brigade put down the Libs, the more the working class support them, pretty clever by Morrison really.
It is going to be a very interesting election campaign, for a change.
What about the businesses that were proped up by jobseeker as these stats were in March,It could of been the only thing holding them up.
Also both sides of guvnuts needs to stop this 1 hour of employment = a job!
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Well he has a point, I wonder what the inner City Elites are doing about their luxury apartment carbon footprint? Probably tut tutting in the wine bar.
Like I said this isn't going to be a cake walk for Albo.
Hopefully he comes out with some good stuff today, apparently he is going to lay out some of labors plans.
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Where do you think Scummo lives?Well he has a point, I wonder what the inner City Elites are doing about their luxury apartment carbon footprint? Probably tut tutting in the wine bar.
Like I said this isn't going to be a cake walk for Albo.
Hopefully he comes out with some good stuff today, apparently he is going to lay out some of labors plans.
Fortescue leads “stampede” into green energy with stunning plans for 235 gigawatts of wind and solar
Fortescue to lead “stampede” into renewables with stunning plan to build more than 235GW of wind and solar capacity and a green hydrogen industry.
Mining giant BHP's renewables push continues in Western Australia
Western Australia's largest and newest solar farm will provide around half of all of the energy needs at mining giant BHP's West Kwinana refinery, it has
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Before he became P.M he apparently lived in a place called Port Hacking, I presume once he gets thrown out, he will go back there.
Here is an article, written back in 2018, when he became P.M.
In Port Hacking's dress circle, palatial residences with stunning views of Dolans Bay trade for upwards of $3 million.
But Mr Morrison, his wife Jenny and daughters Abbey and Lily live about half-a-kilometre from the waterfront, in a modest, single-story brick home.
It's a leafy, suburban and proudly middle class area. Two Australian Federal Police officers seem an odd presence on a Saturday afternoon, idling in a white four wheel drive outside the empty Morrison residence.
They arrived before Mr Morrison was installed as Prime Minister, according to neighbours.
Fairfax Media is also told Ms Morrison had been in contact via text message on Saturday morning, checking up on things in the street.
"They're our friends first, we don't see them as politicians ... we established a friendship over the fence," said Christine Rigava, who lives next door. "It took us years before we worked out he was Scott Morrison [the politician]."
Neighbours said Mr Morrison is frequently at home on weekends, passing time on the Hamptons-style deck chairs in the front yard, hanging the washing or - on Fridays - dining at 'Perfecto', the pizza restaurant.
Ms Morrison occasionally brunches at Vitalo, an upmarket wholefoods cafe. Mr Morrison prefers D'lish on Port, where standard fare includes burgers, hot chips and BLTs.
"They come here, they don't get hassled, no one talks politics with them," said a man enjoying a hot chip sandwich at D'Lish, who only wished to be identified as "Dave".
"Just regular gossip," he said of their conversations.
Neighbours praised the family as "humble", "lovely" and "good honest people".
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Yeah nah, actually very casual you had to fail the knuckle head test to get a fine, WA police unlike the east handed out masks to those that didn't have one and you had to decline a couple of times.
There were a couple of runners from quarantine that got hammered.
Was it NSW where some one got fined for going for a jog and stopped to get a kebab? McGowan made it clear in-between fits of laughter that wouldn't happen here and it didn't.
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WA could well lose the Liberals power come the election I just cannot see Porter getting re-elected, Reynolds is on the nose, state Liberals wont have the resources to run much of an election.
Morrison will have to throw a heap of money at the state which they don't really have and WA doesn't need state government is running a surplus.
Queensland will likely decide the next PM
Current LNP majority is 1 which is very shaky
Morrison will have to throw a heap of money at the state which they don't really have and WA doesn't need state government is running a surplus.
Queensland will likely decide the next PM
Current LNP majority is 1 which is very shaky
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I think it will be a really interesting election, the Libs are well past their use by date, Labor should find it easier because Turnbull isn't there.
With Turnbull, he lost a few Liberal voters, but gained a few center and center left voters, last election Shorten lost it rather than Morrison won it.
So this is a clean slate election, a tired Government with an unproven leader, against a keen opposition with a new leader.
PM marked down on handling of women’s issues but voters won’t stray
The treatment of women is not driving voter choice to the same degree as other big policy questions, according to new polling, casting doubt on whether ferocious debate will affect the outcome of the next federal election.
My guess is, whoever has the best policy platform, with the greater vision, will win.
More of the same wont cut it IMO, people want a vision and a pathway to achieve it, well that's my guess.
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I think it will be a really interesting election, the Libs are well past their use by date, Labor should find it easier because Turnbull isn't there.
With Turnbull, he lost a few Liberal voters, but gained a few center and center left voters, last election Shorten lost it rather than Morrison won it.
So this is a clean slate election, a tired Government with an unproven leader, against a keen opposition with a new leader.
PM marked down on handling of women’s issues but voters won’t stray
The treatment of women is not driving voter choice to the same degree as other big policy questions, according to new polling, casting doubt on whether ferocious debate will affect the outcome of the next federal election.www.smh.com.au
My guess is, whoever has the best policy platform, with the greater vision, will win.
More of the same wont cut it IMO, people want a vision and a pathway to achieve it, well that's my guess.
Hopefully we will be hearing more about bread and butter issues like jobs, housing, education, cost of living, and less from the "wokes".
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Yes at the end of the day the social issues make for a nicer country, but it doesn't put food on the table, it doesn't pay the bills and it doesn't keep the wolves away from the door.
People like to help others, but when they are struggling to keep their heads above water, it is those issues that sway them.
When you have plenty of money, it is easy and very satisfying to vote with your heart, when you are struggling you vote with your head.
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Scandinavian countries suggest both are possible.Yes at the end of the day the social issues make for a nicer country, but it doesn't put food on the table, it doesn't pay the bills and it doesn't keep the wolves away from the door.
People like to help others, but when they are struggling to keep their heads above water, it is those issues that sway them.
When you have plenty of money, it is easy and very satisfying to vote with your heart, when you are struggling you vote with your head.
That is, social and economic policies can be complementary.
But first and foremost a government needs policies, and that's where we fall down.
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As has been shown for what, nearly 8 years and still no direction.
As someone pointed out, labor have only been in office for two terms in the past 20 years, it does show there is a policy vacuum.
It shows a vision is required and I think the time is right to forge one.
Hopefully labor is on song, because the Libs are a shambles ATM.
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The last election showed that policies are only to be attacked.
We get the governments we deserve...sadly!
The likes of another Whitlam are a long way off.
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Fortunately !
Gough meant well and did a lot of good stuff but was heading the wrong way financially.
We need another Hawke/Keating type government. Let's not get into another argument about tarrifs , they did a lot of good but made a few mistakes.
Overall they were the best government in my memory.
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Whitlam was truly visionary.
I don't think any government has effected so many reforms so quickly - like them or not (I got a free degree and avoided conscription).
Hawke & Keating were brilliant - they were in power for the greater period I worked in Canberra.
They were interested in ideas as distinct from driving every policy themselves.
Hawke was able to walk the line between worker and industrialist, and was also probably living proof that we should adopt the US principle of limiting the term a leader can be no. 1.
Morrison won the lottery when a bunch of numbies headed to Queensland and disgraced themselves. Aside from that, my cat has more policies than he.
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Just because you have a policy, doesn't in itself make it great, all policies should be judged on their merit and the ones at the last election were.
That is why they have now been dropped, even after the passing of time and the public has had time to digest and process the policies.
They still stink and is why they were dropped, do you really think they would have been dropped if polling showed the public was warming to them?
Fortunately Albo is much more in touch with the masses than Bill was, as is Mark McGowan, just because a party had some great leaders 40 years ago doesn't mean they automatically should be elected.
Same as many from that era are now passing away, or becoming less mentally dexterous as they age, which is to be expected and why most are no longer in politics or employed.
Again as was proven last election, Morrison did the Stevan Bradley of politics, Silly Billy blew both feet off.
If you can't accept that, well that is your business and obviously labor will get your vote come hell or high water.
I like to be pragmatic about it and vote on what is presented, not on an unflagging belief of one side good, the other side evil.
There are times for left leaning policy and other times for right leaning policy, then there are politicians like Hawke and Keating that as you say can walk right down the middle.
McGowan is showing he is of that ilk, he gave large Government grants to Kerry Stokes to supply training alternatives for Collie, as coal usage diminishes, yet he also gave all West Australians who have an electricity account a $600 non means tested credit.
He doesn't appear to be excessively left or right and had a landslide win, as he should have, he also isn't carrying union baggage which might have a bearing on his seemingly balanced attitude to issues.
Who knows.
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